So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an a
Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become
Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”
Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.
Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and ex
Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
But now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our G
Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can
And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as t
let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his off
Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.
But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.